Risk of upper limb injury in left handed children: A study in Greece

Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-71

  Skalkidou, Alkistis ^a   Petridou, Eleni ^a,b   Dessypris, Nick ^a   Karanikas, Elias ^c   Pistevos, George ^d   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activity score; Crowding index; Handedness; Upper limb injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GREECE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033094375     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.5.1.68     Document Type: Article

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